Monticello Avenue-2

Mid-century modern ranch houses on Monticello Avenue in Durham, North Carolina. As the trees have grown large and thick in this neighborhood, these ranches have taken on a natural, organic feel within their setting that is not normally associated with this housing style. The photo was taken in December of 2013 with a Nikon FTn Photomic 35 mm SLR equipped with a 50 mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S.C. Auto lens on Ilford FP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford Multigrade Classic FB Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

8" x 10" Print